Every year for the past decade or so, a select group of Phoenix Jews and Latinos have gathered to break bread — or, rather, matzoh, the unleavened crackers that symbolize the unfinished bread made by Jews fleeing the Pharaoh, an integral part of the Passover story and any seder dinner.
The Latino-Jewish Seder, typically held in the spring a few days before the actual Passover holiday begins, is co-hosted by Valle del Sol and the American Jewish Committee and includes participants of the current Hispanic Leadership Institute (a program of Valle del Sol), local AJC members, and local Latino and Jewish leaders with the purpose of fostering "an environment of dialogue, cross-cultural communication, and to build greater understanding between both communities."
In other words, it's a great time to kibbitz (that's Yiddish for chat) and learn about a fundamental Jewish custom, the seder dinner — including the "mandatory" four cups of wine, which definitely make the chatter lively.
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